After Hitler dismissed the 1919 Treaty of Versailles' prohibition on aircraft production, he quickly announced a call for a warbird and, despite all odds, Messerschmitt won against Arado, Heinkel, and ...
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ME 109 or BF 109? This Is What We Should Be Calling It.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109, often mistakenly referred to as the Me 109, was one of the most iconic fighter aircraft of World War II, designed by Willy Messerschmitt and produced initially under ...
The German Bf 109 Became Infamous During the Battle of Britain – The Messerschmitt Bf 109 is the most famous German aircraft of the Second World War. In many ways, the aircraft mirrored Nazi Germany’s ...
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The 11th “Warbirds Over the Beach” air show not only featured a wonderful assemblage of aircraft from the Second World War, it had some truly rare planes, in the form of a JU-52, FW-190 and an ME-109.
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